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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

Location:
Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
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    Black and white and read all over. The newspaper.
    There is fire over and under it and it never touches it. A cake in the oven.
    It runs around the house and stands at the door The Twig
    I have a little house a mouse wouldn't fit in it and all the men in town wouldn't count all the windows in it A Thimble
    It hops on the road like
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Holland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fiddaun, Co. Galway